British “Dirty Bomb” Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

As expected, a British man pleaded not guilty Friday in a U.S. court on charges of having attempted to sell a wide variety of weapons, including “dirty bombs” to undercover agents posing as terrorists, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, Jan. 9). 

Hemant Lakhani, 69, has been held without bail in the United States following his arrest in August (Associated Press/Washington Post, Jan. 10).

A U.S. federal judge in Newark, N.J, scheduled pretrial oral arguments for the case on April 26, according to The Hindu (The Hindu, Jan. 10).

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